Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the double up texas expansion…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** the double up texas expansion gusnip project proposed by sustainable food center and its lead partners, blue zones project fort worth and brownsville wellness coalition, aims to address critical health and economic disparities faced by low-income communities with low access to nutritious foods by making fruits and vegetables more affordable through matching snap incentives. This expansion project will build upon SFC and its partners' success in increasing the purchase and consumption of texas-grown produce among snap households in texas by further scaling grocery retail incentive programs to high-needs communities and expanding farm-direct programs to all regions of the state. This expansion project is based on a diversified approach involving a wide variety of food retail firms, including large and small chain grocers in both urban and rural communities, small CO-operative and nonprofit grocers, neighborhood grocers, mobile markets, producer-only farmers' markets, farm stands, and CSA delivery services.during the 24-month project period, SFC and its partners will provide more than $1.7 million in nutrition incentives to 154,500 snap households at 27 grocery retail and 75 farm-direct locations in all 11 regions of texas, with $474,308 in snap and dufb sales directly benefiting local producers. The double up texas growth and expansion project supports the gusnip nutrition incentive program purpose and priorities by increasing snap household participation in nutrition incentive programs at participating firms through proven and effective direct-to-consumer marketing and building the operational capacity of participating firms, texas farmers, and partners to implement successful incentive programs for underserved and/or underrepresented communities in texas.